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Squire Technologies, the signalling specialists to the telecoms industry are pleased to announce that their Media Gateway has been selected by Soleo Communications, Inc. (Soleo) to enable an innovative new solution for a major European carrier.

Soleo provides telecommunication solutions for carriers and advertising partners around the globe. They will be deploying the Media Gateway into the network of a major European telecommunications provider. In particular, Soleo will be utilising the SVI-MG to enable their customer to transfer callers to directory assistance when they reach a business whose number has gone out of service.

To deliver this new service Soleo utilised Squire's R&D services, to modify Squire's SS7 Media Gateway to deliver the additional functionality the new service would require. Soleo's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, John Kemp, praised the expertise of the Squire Labs team, "We came to Squire with specific requirements for a product, and have been delighted with the knowledge and expertise their team have shown. They've worked closely with our team to ensure that the end product they delivered was in line with our requirements."

Simon Dinnage, Squire's Business Development Director, added, "Our laboratory team have once again excelled in providing a customised solution to one of our customers. We were impressed with Soleo's innovative new service, and have enjoyed working with them to enable its provision."

Squire's Laboratory service provides their customers with access to VoIP and SS7 engineers who have over 20 years of industry experience. The Soleo solution is the latest example of how they help to take clients ideas and turn them into profitable services.

Lightspeed Communications, Bahrain's leading fixed line telecommunications operator and an affiliate of France Telecom, have recently completed the expansion of their network by deploying Squire Technologies Session Border Controller and Media Gateway. This extension comes on the back of Squire's report of record sales for the past 12 months across their entire range of products and services.

Lightspeed Bahrain initially began working with Squire in 2010 when they deployed an SS7 Media Gateway (SVI_MG) in a dual redundant architecture.

Abdulrahman Ghazal, Technical Manager of Lightspeed, reflected upon the experiences of working with Squire, "We first deployed the SS7 Media Gateway from Squire utilising their technical expertise in cooperation with our own to establish the service. Having had a positive experience, we approached Squire again when we were seeking a Session Border Controller. Our network required a solution which could support the industry standard protocols alongside a high level of customisation which would enable the ongoing use of our legacy infrastructure. Once again, Squire provided an exceptional service, delivering the required customisation at no additional cost, which reaffirmed our view that they are committed to customer service. Throughout our time with Squire we've benefitted from their exemplary support service; their expertise and attention to detail being key reasons why our relationship continues to grow."

Squire's Managing Director, Andy cooper, noted that the increasingly central role that Squire's products and services are playing in customers' infrastructure has directly contributed to their recently reported record sales figures, "With the development of our new solutions, such as the Next Generation Switch, and indeed the continued evolution of products such as the Media Gateway Controller and Session Border Controller, customers are now trusting us to provide the central ised point of their networks. This in turn has boosted sales of our support services, as customers want to be assured that help is on hand should they need it."

Squire offers a range of support services to enable their customers to choose the most suitable level for their company, with the Platinum support package offering the customer direct phone access to the Product Engineers round the clock. Andy continues, "When we established our support packages, we decided that the best team to handle specific product questions were the product engineers themselves. By giving customers direct access to the team we save them a great deal of time and effort, and ensure that their requests are handled in the shortest time possible."

Squire Technologies, a leading provider of SS7 and VoIP solutions to the telecoms industry, have announced that they have successfully deployed their Media Gateway Controller (MGC) for Telemach Slovenia. Telemach is a part of the Mid Europa Partners, a fund which amongst others owns Serbian telecommunications company SBB. Squire has a longstanding relationship with SBB, having previously installed the MGC for SBB subsidiaries in Serbia in 2009 with a further installation due in Bosnia later in 2012. With this latest deployment, Squire's MGC is now used in 50 countries across the world.

Telemach was looking to further expand their network, and needed to establish interconnects with their existing Cisco based infrastructure, whilst maintaining the network's dual redundant capabilities.

Marko Miletic, Group Director for Voice Services, explained how Squire Technologies were able to meet their requirements, "Being the leading alternative provider of telephone service in Slovenia meant that we needed to be sure of the reliability of the service, whilst we also wanted to continue using our existing Cisco equipment as we moved into the VoIP market. Naturally, we considered many different providers for the Media Gateway Controller, including Cisco themselves with their PGW range. We found that the SVI-MGC of Squire was the most cost effective and crucially, an easy to implement solution."

Sanjeev Verma, Squire Technologies' Sales Director, was particularly pleased with the longevity of the relationship between the two companies, "Obviously we are happy that Telemach was able to meet their needs with our SVI-MGC, particularly in terms of enabling SS7 over their existing Cisco Media Gateways. The most satisfying element for us has been our ongoing relationship with SBB and Telemach, as we've been privileged to play a key role in working with them to develop their telephony network over the past few years. Thanks to our customer service and technical support we have turned a one-off purchase into a mutually beneficial on-going relationship which I am confident will continue for years to come."

About the SVI-MGC

Initially released in 2004, the SVI-MGC is unique in that it enables legacy third party media gateways, such as those from Cisco , AudioCodes and Alcatel-Lucent, to be used in networks which feature VoIP. Squire Technologies also recently reported record sales levels of the SVI-MGC, which they attribute to this compatibility along with industry developments such as Cisco announcing the end of life of their PGW series. The SVI-MGC is a suitable replacement for the PGW, as this recent installation for Telemach Slovenia demonstrates.

We're pleased to announce record revenues across all sectors for the past financial year. This has resulted in us achieving a 25% increase in global revenues in the last 12 months.

The past financial year has seen a number of important developments for us, including new product development in the form of our SMS Gateway and SMS Controller, as well as the continued development of our Session Border Controller, which was a key addition to our VoIP based portfolio. Upgrades to our most established products such as their Media Gateway and Media Gateway Controller have also been contributing factors to our growth over the past 12 months, which has seen us achieve a 69% growth in revenues from new customers.

Squire's Managing Director, Andrew Cooper, sees a number of reasons for the successes of the past year, "It's widely acknowledged that the VoIP market is growing quickly, so the enhancements to the SBC were critical in keeping us at the forefront of that field. The development and launch of the SMSG and SMSC has also enabled us to make great inroads into an area of the market we had not previously targeted."

There were also major shifts in the industry which Squire have been able to capitalise upon as Sanjeev Verma, Squire's Global Sales Director, explains, "The announcement from Cisco that the PGW was moving towards its end-of-life has seen a noticeable increase in demand for our Media Gateway Controller as it is an effective alternative thanks to its compatibility with Media Gateways of Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and AudioCodes."

The next 12 months will see the pattern of development continuing, as Squire seeks to add to their portfolio. Sanjeev continues, "Clearly we need to keep providing new products and services which deliver greater efficiencies to our customers, and we've got a number of projects which are due to be unveiled in the next few months. In particular, this year we'll be focussing upon allowing our customers to combine many of their telecoms needs into a central solution which also integrates with their billing and provisioning systems."

Squire Technologies announce that this year we have seen record sales of our Media Gateway Controller (SVI-MGC). The SVI-MGC uniquely offers support for third party media gateways such as Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and AudioCodes.

Reflecting upon the reasons behind this increase in sales, Sanjeev Verma, our Global Sales Director, sees a direct correlation between compatibility and success, "Whilst we've been growing our sales year-on-year for the Media Gateway Controllers; we saw a considerable increase in demand after Cisco announced the end of life of the PGW softswitch and software , and this has certainly be a contributing factor in the SVI-MGC's growth in popularity, as our MGC has been proven to be a more than capable replacement." To read more of this press release please visit our website.

We've helped many companies looking to utilise their third party media gateways, or seeking alternatives to the PGW, the below are a small selection of our those who have found the SVI-MGC to meet their needs:

"With the SVI_MGC we were also able to leverage our experience with the Alcatel-Lucent Gateways to help deliver our service." Bret Mingo, CoreTel

"Extending the lifetime of our Cisco gateways was a distinct advantage. Squire Technologies media gateway controller meant we could terminate our SS7 without the significant cost of upgrading hardware and support." Weltje Hardi- Project Manager, Atlasat, Indonesia

"A swift webex demonstration of the product and an explanation of the media and signalling flow, confirmed the suitability with our existing Cisco media gateways and softswitch." Stanko Radovanovic, VoIP Development Manager - InfoTel, Informatika A.D., Serbia

"Squire Technologies presented the best solution to interconnect with our partner networks which was both well tested and easy to deploy." Kow A. Sam,CEO, Forum Networks

Squire Technologies, the global signalling specialists to the telecommunications industry, and ATS, the Italian support specialists, are pleased to announce that they have successfully provided one of Italy's largest telecommunications providers with a solution to enhance the security of their customers' telecommunication networks.

The solution, which combines Squire's Session Border Controller (SBC) and ATS' expertise in providing support and local services, was selected as the company sought to protect their business and enterprise customers' networks. They were conscious of providing security to their Business/Enterprise Customers as they connect, via the public IP network, directly to International Operators. The Squire/ATS partnership provided the required combination of a reliable and robust Squire product alongside ATS service expertise. The solution places the robust Session Border Controller (SVI-SBC) of Squire Technologies between the Italian company's private and public IP networks.

Mauro Di Lelio, Managing Director of ATS explained, "One of the customer's biggest concerns when reviewing available SBC's was security. The SVI-SBC from Squire has proven to be a formidable guardian, providing a comprehensive range of security functionality such as DDoS prevention and Firewall/NAT traversal."

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director at Squire Technologies commented, "We're understandably delighted that such a reputable company have chosen our SBC. With The SBC's high availability of 99.999% and intuitive user interface we're confident that their customers will enjoy the benefits of the SBC they have invested in."

The feature-rich SBC enables CLI based number modification and transcoding with a comprehensive range of call control and operations functionality. It also allows for HTTPS/ SSH Management, IPSEC, malformed packet protection, rogue RTP protection, SRTP, TLS signalling and topology hiding.

About ATS

ATS is a leader in the field of technical preventive and corrective maintenance, on-site c / o lab (carry-in) performs staging services, distribution and on-site installation of computer equipment for facilities of all sizes, provides support hardware / software for local networks and networking equipment, installations and basic software applications, system support and realization of structured cabling platform. ATS covers the entire Italian National territory, including islands.